DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/19 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 78.3 - - 79.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 47 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1453 - - 1637 - - 163 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1329 - - 922 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2342 - - 2526 - - 1052 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1170 - - 1314 - - 4415 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 238 - - 185 - - 42 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 14 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 160 - - 223 - - 256 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 7 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -9 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 363 - - 800 - - -881 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1979 - - 1726 - - 1933 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1694 - - 163 - - -2023 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4036 - - 2363 - - 3075 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 100 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2160 - - 2310 - - 2830 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 78.3 - - 79.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.8 - - 73.3 - - 73.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.1 - - 78.1 - - 80.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.3 - - 72.8 - - 73.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 47 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1453 - - 1637 - - 163 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 87 - - 101 - - 63 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 18 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99361 23 104 25 069 32 073 99361 91874 24 087 17 097 26 071 91874 86111 27 083 20 095 19 081 86111 81318 20 090 20 078 16 077 81318 77177 15 096 17 093 9 076 77177 73513 11 093 11 114 6 092 73513 70198 5 108 5 095 4 042 70198 67159 7 162 1 099 3 342 67159 64343 2 060 1 177 4 344 64343 61618 9 259 9 275 8 319 61618 58806 11 257 14 271 11 290 58806 55927 21 280 22 275 25 285 55927 53209 32 276 31 260 31 261 53209 50776 34 279 31 275 26 262 50776 48585 46 278 37 286 37 292 48585 46593 49 271 51 281 54 288 46593 44771 49 272 58 276 60 280 44771 43084 51 277 57 274 62 279 43084 41505 53 281 55 275 65 278 41505 40019 55 278 56 273 68 277 40019 38616 54 262 57 268 74 278 38616 37257 53 257 55 266 76 280 37257 35873 52 251 54 268 73 280 35873 34435 49 250 49 265 71 279 34435 32944 47 254 48 264 69 281 32944 31386 46 255 48 262 65 281 31386 29748 42 254 48 261 58 279 29748 28034 39 252 48 262 49 283 28034 26245 37 253 44 261 49 286 26245 24378 37 258 40 261 49 287 24378 22436 39 266 35 264 46 288 22436 20413 42 274 28 268 41 284 20413 18305 45 278 23 279 39 283 18305 16159 47 277 22 297 35 289 16159 14098 45 275 26 288 36 291 14098 12224 42 276 33 274 37 291 12224 10556 39 273 34 273 35 290 10556 9072 33 269 28 278 29 292 9072 7752 25 259 25 277 20 292 7752 6581 19 245 26 268 20 288 6581 5543 15 237 26 255 23 284 5543 4627 12 238 22 244 24 282 4627 3816 8 238 18 234 23 279 3816 3090 5 202 17*229 22 274 3090 2446 5*168 16*227 19 268 2446 1908 6*163 15 224 17 263 1908 1495 6 160 15 223 15 260 1495 1211 5 160 14 221 13*258 1211 1038 5 159 12 221 10*257 1038 939 4 158 9 220 7 255 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography